The “ME” decade, Preppies, E.T., break dancing, Trivial Pursuit, music videos, roller disco, cornrows, Cabbage Patch dolls, punk rock and Michael Jackson. What do these things have in common? They all took place during the 1980’s. But these aren’t just any 80’s; these are the 80’s as seen through the eyes of the classic comic Archie. Archie is a well-meaning, comical teenager who never quite makes the mark especially when it comes to girls, in particular the loyal friend Betty and the alluring Veronica.
The Archies are a group of adolescent fictional characters of the Archie universe, a garage band founded by Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle, and Jughead Jones. Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge later joined the group.
The vibrant colors and crazy trends of the 1980’s only further demonstrate the timelessness of Archie’s fun-loving and eternally optimistic viewpoint. And if you like this graphic novel, check out some of the other Archie decades: The Forties, The Fifties, The Sixties, and The Seventies.
Recommended for all ages.
SLB
Meet Anthony, the average middle child in an average Italian Catholic family in average Brooklyn, NY. While his older brother Frankie is a straight-A student, and his younger sister, Christina is just plain adorable, “Antsy” manages to fly along under the family radar. Then, from out of no where, comes Calvin Schwa. Although Calvin is in his science class, Antsy simply can’t remember ever seeing him before. No one seems to remember The Schwa, not even his own mother who left him at the grocery store. Antsy and Calvin test this “Schwa Effect” and, on a dare and a bet, try breaking into the apartment of Mr. Crawley, the local grouch. Caught in the act, Antsy and Calvin become Old Man Crawley’s slaves, forced to walk his fourteen dogs. As he performs his penance, Anthony begins to see the different ways people can disappear before our very eyes, but how love and friendship can bring them back.
“What school did you go to before this?”
Imagine a world where your future is decided at age thirteen. You either go forward , get married and have a family, OR you get Unwound (chopped up into bits and harvested to save lives). Meet Connor the troublemaker, Risa the orphan and Lev, whose birth and unwinding have been planned since conception by his very religious parents. Each being Unwound for a different reason, but all three thrown together as one plan of escape turns into a race against time.
